Stake attachment for freight cars



May 21, 1929. H. FALLA 1,714,357

STAKE ATTACHMENT FOR FREIGHT CARS Filed March 31, 1928 vPatented May 2l, 1929.

UNITED STATE/S HEDLEY FALLA, or MILFORD, New HAMrsHIRE.

s'rAxE .ATTACHMENT non resiente' cans.

Application area March 31, .1928. serial No'. 266,290.

sustaining a car stake in upright or voperative position and ylikewise supporting land sustaining the stake against movement when swung along the side of the car.

: To the attainment of the foregoing the invention resides in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.'

In the drawings: Y c Figure lis a side elevation of my improvement. f, Figure 2 is a sectionalv view approximately on the linev2-,2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view substantially similar toFig.1 but showing the stake swung along the side of a car body, the T-bolt being in section. f Figure 4 is a sectional view approximately on the line 4-4 vof Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a sectional viewapproximately on the line 5-5 of Figure 1.r` Y b Figure 6 isa perspective view of the T- olt. l

Fi ure 7 isa similar view yof the .socket mem er. c

It will be noted as 'the description progresses that the stake is designed to be permanently retained on the side of the car body and that when the same is swung to f like parallel to the side of the body the said.

stake is held from movement in any direction and is effectively supported so that thel possibility of the breaking thereof is avoided. It should here be stated that while the improvement is primarily designed for employment in connection with the bodies of railway cars, the same is susceptible for use in connection with motor trucks, wagons or the like. Referring now to the drawings in detail, the'numeral 1 indicates-one side of an open car body. AOn the side of the body I secure by bolts, rivets or the like, the oppositely directed inner plates 2 and 3 of socket members 4. The side walls provided by thel socket are beveled or inclined inwardly from the top to the bottom portions thereof, so that the sockets are substantially wedge shaped. The plate 3, at its outer edge isl thickened outwardly by forming the same with a lug 5. The lug also projects a suitable distance above the upper edge of the socket,

affording ak shoulder-(Land outward ofthe shoulder the said lug 5'is formed with'an upstandlng portion; or car 7. r

Let through the side` 1 ofthe car body, in a line with the center of the'socket 4 there is the squared shank portion 8 of a: T-bolt 9.

Gutward ofthe squared portion Sthe shank isfformed with a threaded extension 10y and on this extension there is screwed a nut l11 that contacts with. the inner face of the` side member 1. The head of the T-bolt is of s ubstantially rectangularformation andV isindicated by the. numeral 11 andthe shank at its juncture with the head and outwardof the ysaid squaredportion-S is widened, as at 12, and the cornersofthey said widened por- ,videsv the` T-bolt withnwhat may be ltermed a` lug.

The stakeiis indicated by the numeral y The stake, at its lower end, has its edges inof which is indicated for distinction byk the numeral 15 and the narrow and elongated respect to the longitudinal plane of the car body 1, andthe passage 15 is of a size to permit of they stake being swung over the lug, to rest on the shoulder 6 and to be contactedby the ear 7 of the socket member 4'when the stake is not desired for use. i The contacting engagement of the rounded edges 17 of the lug 12 of the T-bolt 9 with the walls provided by clined or beveled, as 'at 14, forsnug contact c with the walls provided by thesocket 4. The

' stake from'its said wedge-shaped end is .pro-

.vided with a key-hole slot, `thefwider passage eok the passage 15 in the stake will hold the saidi.

stake from longitudinal movement, and these contacting surfaces eXert a suilicientI frictional engagement with each other to prevent the outward swinging of the stake. Such movement is also resisted by the frictional Contact of the ear 7 with the stake. By simply swinging the stake tovertical position theV lug 12 will be received in the elongated passage 16`of vthe key hole slot, permitting the stake to have its wedge-shaped end drop into and frictionally engage with` the'walls of the wedgev shaped socket 4, thereby retaining the stake in its vertical and active position. The simplicity of the improvement andthe advantages thereof will, it is thought, be'y .i

perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art 70 tion arerounded. VThe widenedfportion proto make such changes therefrom as fairly fall within the scope of what IV claim.

Having described the invention@ claim:

1. The combination of a car body, a socket lixed on the side thereof, having a laterally extending shoulder and a finger projecting from the shoulder, a headed member having an inner substantially rectangularlug fixed to the car body above and in aline withthe center of the'socket and a stake lia-ving a key hole slot to receivetherethrough the lug of the headed inernber, for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of a car body, a socket fixed on the side thereof and having its side walls Vinclined toward each other, said socket having a thickened portion aording a shoulder at one side disposed slightly above the socket, and an upstanding finger projecting from the shoulder, a headed member having an inner substantially rectangular lug fixed to the car body above and in a line with the center of the socket and a stake having a wedge end provided with a longitudinally eX- tending key hole slot that receives therethrough the lug of the headed member, for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of a car body, a wedge socket having inner oppositely extending plates which are iixed on the side of the car body, one of said plates having its end thickened outwardly and extended outwardly to provide a horizontal straight shoulder, and being 'formed with an extension providing an ear which is arranged outwardly of the said shoulder, a Tebolt having a portion of its threaded shank squared and received through a squared opening in the car body above and in a line with the axial center of the socket, a nut engaging said bolt, said bolt, inward of its head having its shank portion widened to provide a substantially rectangular lug whose corners are rounded and a stake having a wedgeend and provided with a longitudinally extending key hole slot that receives therethrough the lug portion of the T-bolt, for the purpose set forth.

4. A holder for a stake having 'a vkey hole opening, comprising a T-bol't having a rectangular lug integrally formed with the shank thereof, adjacent to the head of the boltn In testimony whereof I alfix my signature.

HEDLEY FALLA. 

